31/05/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
Rather than uniting the Kiwi jewellery industry last February’s Industry Forum has created more disunity after the independent chairman was told his services were no longer required. Could it mean another breakaway jewellery association?
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
The Jewellers Association of Australia (JAA) has lodged a submission with the Productivity Commission to seek action from the Government on issues that it feels are hindering the jewellery industry.
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Bricks-and-mortar retailers who sell branded product are those most likely to suffer in the face of the boom in online retail, according to the Australia Institute.
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
High-end jeweller Tiffany & Co increased its earnings forecast for the full year of 2011 after higher-than-expected net sales and earnings growth in its first quarter.
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Australia’s national gemstone is being celebrated in the inaugural Cody Australian Opal Centre Photographic Prize, a nationwide photography competition designed to promote opal and opal fields.
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
An upsurge in ‘fake’ gold jewellery has been discovered in Melbourne, where six bracelets coated with gold and stamped as gold looked so genuine that retailers are being warned they wouldn’t know the difference.
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24/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Watch supplier Designa Accessories is set to participate in Sydney Children’s Hospital’s ‘Gold Week’ fundraising drive by holding a charity lunch and raffle on May 27.
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24/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Perth-based apprentice jeweller Natalee Hibbins is set to represent Australia in the prestigious 41st WorldSkills International Competition.
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24/05/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
VicenzaOro Charm, the May edition of Italy’s thrice-yearly jewellery show, confirms the growing importance of Asia and considers ways to adapt the Vicenza show format in the face of an increasingly crowded market.
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24/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Joint designs are the future of engagement rings, according to Melbourne-based Temelli Jewellery, which recently won the ‘Best Rings in Victoria’ award from the Australian Bridal Industry Academy.
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24/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Price increases from Pandora have received mixed responses in the jewellery company’s global markets, but Australian stockists have yet to feel the full impact.
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17/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Next year will see the launch of the world’s first International Gem Cutting and Jewellery Design Competition, to be held at UBM Asia’s September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair in collaboration with the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA).
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17/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
High-end luxury retailer Tiffany & Co has bagged the title of Australia’s ‘Favourite jewellery store’ in Grazia’s inaugural Shopping Awards.
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17/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Jewellers reported high consumer demand for branded jewellery in the week leading up to Mother’s Day, although many conceded that the calendar event did not help increase revenues.
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17/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Expertise Events believes the decision to run three jewellery fairs again next year will help combat the dwindling number of sales representatives visiting retailers across the country – the biggest change managing director Gary Fitz-Roy has observed in the industry in the past 20 years.
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